performances. he's signaling he may sthart skipping future scheduled debates. perry has tried to defuse the focus with humor. here before social conservatives in iowa last weekend. >> we are not called to be perfect. if any of you have watched my debate performances over the last three or four times you know i am far from perfect. >> but with three debates scheduled during the first 15 days of november, advisers are only committing that he will appear at one. the cnbc debate in michigan on november 9th. the communications director ray sullivan last night. >> when you've got eight or nine candidates and 30 seconds to a minute, it takes valuable time away from campaigning in iowa as those elections approach. i think there are 18 more in the planning phases. there's no way the candidates can do all of those debates. we're taking each of these as they come, examining the schedule, examining the